Legislation· Mar 2026Sponsored by James R. Baird (R)
Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act
Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Nicholas Dockery for acts of valor in Afghanistan.
Tradeoff
Awards the Medal of Honor to a soldier for battlefield actions in 2012. Bypasses the usual time limit for awarding this medal.
What's in it
Passed the House by on February 3, 2026. Passed the Senate by on March 3, 2026, and was signed into law on March 26, 2026.
House
Introduced
(Jan 21, 2026)
House
Committee on Armed Services(Jan 21, 2026)
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Feb 3, 2026)
No individual votes were recorded.
House
Taken away from the Committee on Armed Services
Discharged(Feb 3, 2026)
Senate
Received from the House
on Armed Services(Feb 4, 2026)
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Mar 3, 2026)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Taken away from the Committee on Armed Services
Discharged(Mar 3, 2026)
House
Sent to the President
(Mar 24, 2026)
White House · Signature
Signed
Donald Trump (R)
Enacted
Became law(Mar 26, 2026)
